Also making things worse for Ellison’s chances is a renewed controversy over his relationship with notorious anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan. During a recent debate, Ellison said that Farrakan — whom he has since tried to distance himself from — had “something to offer” in the early 1990s. As a reminder, Farrakhan praised Hitler as a “very great man” in 1984.

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